Mike Stevens: CB · NC State · #2.
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Mike Stevens
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Arrived as a two-star recruit; three seasons of production at NC State since. A game that shows it: 5 tackles against Clemson — Week 10, 2017.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 7 passes defended. 1 interception. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 5 | W 33-25vs Syracuse | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 39-25vs No. 17 Louisville | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 35-17@ Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-35@ No. 9 Notre Dame | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-38vs No. 6 Clemson | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 17-14@ Boston College | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-30@ Wake Forest | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 33-21vs North Carolina | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Total | 23 | 18 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
30%7 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
23tackles this season23 tackles · 1 for loss · 7 pass breakups · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Dave Doeren — 23-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Doeren
Pass share
50.1%
484 pass / 483 run
Plays / game
74.4
13 games
Team sack rate
2.8%
504 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at NC State, 50 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dave Doeren.
